Rolling Stone Magazine

Mondo Times editors    Boulder, Colorado USA

Posted at 4:14pm on Tuesday, October 20th, 2009

On October 14, 2009, the American Society of Magazine Editors (ASME) named Rolling Stone magazine the winner of the "Magazine Cover of the Year."

The cover, from the July 10-24, 2008 issue of Rolling Stone, shows a smiling Senator Barack Obama. According to the ASME:

"The smile says it all. Photographer Peter Yang caught up with Barack Obama in Raleigh, North Carolina, just a few days after he had finally nailed down the Democratic Party’s presidential nomination. Obama was exhausted, excited, relaxed, gracious, open--yet still somehow elusive. Hundreds of photographers have shot Obama over the past couple of years, but no one has quite caught his quiet charisma as Peter Yang did last June."

Mondo Times editors    Boulder, Colorado USA

Posted at 2:23pm on Friday, September 4th, 2009

Rolling Stone makes money for nothing on the web, according to All Things Digital from August 31, 2009:

"Conventional wisdom of the day: Magazine mogul Jann Wenner, the man who made his mark with Rolling Stone in the ’60s and ’70s and then again with US Weekly this decade, has blown it on the Web. And now it’s too late for him to catch up.

And who knows? It may even be true. But here’s one bit of nuance to chew on: Magazine mogul Jann Wenner has made money–as in, a profit–on the Web for the last five years."

The full story:
http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/20090831/rolling-stones-web-failure-wasnt-so-shabby-after-all-but-now-what/

Mondo Times editors    Boulder, Colorado USA

Posted at 8:00pm on Thursday, June 25th, 2009

Weeks before he was to kick off a 50-show tour in London, Michael Jackson has died at the age of 50, Rolling Stone magazine reported on June 25, 2009:

"Michael Jackson, one of the most talented and eccentric performers in pop history, died of apparent cardiac arrest at the UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles at 2:26 p.m. PT today, June 25th. According to reports, he collapsed in his Los Angeles-area home and paramedics arriving on the scene found the superstar with no pulse; he was immediately rushed to the hospital. Although confusion about his status lingered (a spokesman for Sony Music, Jackson's one-time home, said he was just hearing "rumors" at 3:20 p.m. PT), Jackson was reportedly in a coma, and his death was confirmed just before 3:30 p.m. PT."

The full story:
http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/28852524/michael_jackson_19582009

Eric Kallgren    Boulder Colorado USA

Posted at 1:27pm on Friday, May 29th, 2009

So this is what has become of Rolling Stone magazine -- stories about the sexual preferences of also-rans.

Page Six of the New York Post reported on May 29, 2009 that American runner-up Adam Lambert will come out on the cover of the next Rolling Stone:

"AMERICAN Idol" runner-up Adam Lambert has steadfastly refused to talk about his sexuality despite photos of him on his Web site tongue-kissing men and dressed in full drag -- but not for much longer. A well-placed magazine source tells Page Six that Lambert will be coming out officially on the next cover of Rolling Stone."